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About Gail Boyd

Gail Boyd is President of Gail W. Boyd, P.C., an entertainment law firm, and Gail
Boyd Artist Management, a wholly owned company of the law firm. She is a
graduate of De Paul University and De Paul University School of Law. She was
a founding partner in Boyd, Staton and Cave, the first African American female
law firm in New York. Gail has been involved in entertainment law since 1976.
She has been involved specifically in music with a specialty in jazz since 1979.
Gail has served as production coordinator for more than fifteen CDs of various
jazz artists.

Other highlights include serving as production coordinator for Quincy
Jones, producing a concert which took place in Central Park. She co-produced a
gospel album for the choir of Emmanuel Baptist Church of Brooklyn, New York.
Gail has served on various boards including WBGO Radio in Newark, New
Jersey, the Noel Pointer Foundation, the NARAS Jazz Jam Committee, the
International Women in Jazz, and South Brooklyn Legal Services, where she
served as chair for nearly 20 years.

As a lawyer, Gail Boyd has represented jazz artists such as Betty Carter, Tommy
Flanagan, Kenny Barron, Gretchen Parlato, Record Executive Steve Backer, and
Randy Weston and has consulted with several labels including Motema Records.
several artists on the Gail Boyd Artist Management Roster are Grammy Award
nominees and winners, and are critically acclaimed by the jazz press.